When a precocious cat named Poldi disappeared from his home in Munich, Germany in 1996, his owners searched for months before finally coming to terms with the probability they would never see him again.

MEDINA, Ohio -- A cat has survived a four-hour, 200-mile ride under the hood of a car traveling through Ohio.
The cat was taken to an animal hospital in nearby Lodi (LOH'-dy) where Dr. Linda Randall said he was going to be fine. His name is "Eclipse."

It always seems that there is a wildfire going on somewhere in California at any given time and there are always animals, as well as people, in harm's way. This rescue story takes place at a time when parts of San Diego were ablaze and had been for days.

There's something about a dog-surviving-euthanasia story -- and we've presented a few tales of such dogs, and cats, on these pages -- that grabs our hearts and won't let go.
Maybe its because those dogs have beaten such overwhelming odds.

A stray cat is recovering after miraculously surviving TWO attempts to euthanise her.
Staff at a Utah animal shelter made the decision to put down Andrea the cat after 30 days because no one had adopted her.

Talk about a heros!!! Firefighters rescued at least 15 people, including a 6-year-old boy who was dropped from a third-floor window, from an explosion and six-alarm fire that tore through a large apartment building early Monday. GOOD NEWS!

Officials in Fulton County, Georgia, have offered a reward for the person responsible for shooting a dog in the head with an arrow. Although the dog is expected to survive, the authorities want to prosecute the person responsible for this act of cruelty

These heartwarming images tell a tale of miraculous survival against the odds in one of the world's most inhospitable places.
When photographer Steven Kazlowski saw a polar bear wandering through eastern Alaska with a broken leg he knew time was